Weather Headlines

*A weakening line of strong-severe thunderstorms across Kentucky & Tennessee will approach the mountains late Saturday into early hours of Sunday.

*Strong and gusty SSW-WSW winds Saturday night into Sunday will shift W-WNW with cooler air by late Sunday into Monday.

*Rain overspreads the mountain region during 31 March into 1 April (Tuesday-Wednesday) as air turns sharply colder (rain may end as snow at high elevations).

Colder Pattern Opens April 2020

A colder pattern will open April 2020 across the eastern USA as a negative North Atlantic Oscillation is joined by a negative Eastern Pacific Oscillation.

Note that this is opposite to these observed teleconnections during Winter 2019-20.

Cold weather across the eastern USA is favored during negative phases of the NAO & EPO oscillation patterns versus mild conditions during their positive phases.

Negative phases of the NAO and EPO should result in colder air during early April (in the mean).

As noted above, this would be nearly opposite to the observed winter pattern (below). The difference, with increasing sun angles-insolation and limited snow and ice coverage, air temperatures will be much below the average for this time of year but well above what they would have been during the same pattern in winter.